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Video: Cong. Fallin Outlines GOP Budget Principles

C. W. McBlackville — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:30:34 +0000

Hat tip: RepMaryFallin

Video: Lucas Questions Geithner

C. W. McBlackville — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:39:24 +0000

Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, questioned Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at a hearing today about the plan to use public money and private investors to clear toxic assets off the books of banks, and about executive compensation. Hat tip: The Oklahoman’s “Inside the Beltway” blog: Related: Wilson Research Strategies: Who Takes [...]

Ernest Istook: “Show Us the Money”

C. W. McBlackville — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:58:31 +0000

“This is not a road to recovery. This is a recipe for disaster.” -Tom Cole (R-Okla.) By [...]

Video: “Our Country is Bleeding Red Ink”

C. W. McBlackville — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:08:50 +0000

Oklahoman Horizon TV visit with Phil Smith, national political director of the Concord Coalition, about what can be done to our federal budget deficit. Hat tip: OklahomaHorizonTV

Istook: “Obama-Pelosi Bill Makes For Stimulating Reality TV”

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:30:37 +0000

By Ernest Istook The American people are waking up. The behemoth Obama-Pelosi “stimulus” bill rampaging through Congress is just another bailout: [...]

Sen. Inhofe Video Interview: Stimulus: Projects to Buy People Off

C. W. McBlackville — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:35:32 +0000

Hat tip: NewsmaxTV Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe tells Newsmax TV items in the trillion dollar stimulus bill that will do nothing to stimulate the economy, like giving refunds to people who don’t pay any taxes. He notes the House version would even give money to illegal aliens. Also, hear the Republican lawmaker explain why closing [...]

Rep. Frank Lucas: National Security Requires Solid Planning

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:24:27 +0000

Last week, President Obama issued an executive order closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which houses hundreds of suspected terrorists and enemy combatants. I was shocked by this announcement, but even more concerned by the fact that the President had no plans as to what would happen next. Where would these prisoners, terrorists who [...]

KFAQ Podcast: Istook on Auto Bailout

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:51:08 +0000

Pat Campell, of KFAQ 1170 in Tulsa, interviews former Oklahoma Congressman Ernest Istook, now with The Heritage Foundation. Mr. Istook discusses the auto industry bailout and the fact that there ARE profitable automakers in the country. You’re just not hearing about them. Click here to listen to podcast Related: Bloomberg.com: GM, Chrysler May Accept Bankruptcy

Ernest Istook: “Big-Government Fingerprints on Murder Weapon”

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:33:15 +0000

By Ernest Istook Whose fingerprints are on the weapon that murdered the U.S. economy? Multiple culprits deserve blame, but the Clinton administration stands out as a ringleader for diverting billions of dollars into junk sub-prime mortgages. Those loans have fouled the economy and siphoned away the capital needed by businesses and families today. Government created a quota [...]

Rep. Murphey: A Lobbyist-Induced Bailout

C. W. McBlackville — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:25:02 +0000

Rep. Jason Murphey Because of my point of view about the massively inappropriate nature of lobbyist influence over policy makers, I have closely observed the mind set of those who benefit from lobbyist funding. I have come to believe there are a sizable number of elected officials who use a special type of situational ethics [...]